CALS Welcomes Animal Law Teaching Fellow

Saylor Soinski has joined the Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) at Lewis & Clark Law School as an Animal Law Teaching Fellow. In her new role, she will support the Animal Law Program, with a primary focus on contributing to the success of the online courses in the Animal Law LLM and Animal Law MSL degree programs. She will also serve as an advisor for the Animal Law Review.

“We are thrilled to have Saylor join our team,” says CALS Executive Director and Assistant Dean, Pamela Byce. “Saylor brings an impressive academic background and commitment to animal protection and we are excited about her role supporting our students. We are delighted to welcome Saylor to the Lewis & Clark community.”

Saylor is a California attorney and a 2023 Yale Law School alum. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, where she studied human-animal interaction and conducted an ethnographic study of the Sacramento Sheriff’s Wild Horse Inmate Program. At Yale, Saylor was a Notes & Comments Editor on the Yale Law Journal, Co-President of the Yale Animal Law Society, a Coker Fellow in Constitutional Law, and an Emerging Scholars Fellow for the Brooks Institute for Animal Rights Law & Policy.

She has published scholarship on topics including the role of scale in human-animal encounters, how the cultural value of animal slaughter may be a barrier to the success of cell-cultured meat, and the possible use of NAGPRA (The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) to shift management authority over the Yellowstone bison.

Prior to joining CALS, Saylor was a judicial law clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Of the opportunity, Saylor says: “I’m honored to be part of CALS and especially to be working with the amazing people here at Lewis & Clark Law School—faculty, staff, and students alike. I cannot imagine a better place to work towards my goals of reducing human and animal suffering and more deeply understanding how we engage with animals.”

The Center for Animal Law Studies (CALS) was founded in 2008 with a mission to educate the next generation of animal law advocates and advance animal protection through the law. With vision and bold risk-taking, CALS has since developed into a world-renowned animal law epicenter. CALS’ Alumni-in-Action from 30 countries are making a difference for animals around the world. CALS is a self-funded Center within Lewis & Clark Law School operating under the Lewis & Clark College 501(c)(3) tax exemption, and is able to provide these educational opportunities through donations and grants.